Brian Tompkins, who enters his 19th year at the helm of the Yale
soccer program in 2014, has firmly established the Bulldogs as one
of the most successful programs in the Northeast. Tompkins is the
second winningest coach in Yale’s long history. His 137 wins
at Yale trail only Steve Griggs (143). In 10 of his seasons,
the Bulldogs have had a .500 or better record in Ivy
League play.

In 2005, Tompkins guided Yale to its first Ivy League title
since 1991. The Bulldogs finished with a 10-4-4 overall record,
were 5-1-1 in Ivy play and advanced to the NCAA College Cup for the
sixth time in school history. In 1999, Tompkins led the Bulldogs to
a school-record 13 wins, an appearance in the College Cup and a
final national ranking of 18th. In 1998, Tompkins led Yale to a 5-2
record in the Ivy League and a second-place finish. Yale won 11
games in 1997 and the team was in the hunt for the Ivy title until
the final game of the regular season. In his rookie season, the
Bulldogs won 10 games, five more than the previous season.

Eight of Tompkins' players at Yale have gone on to play
professionally, including Ryan Raybould '05, who spent three
seasons with the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer before
playing professionally in Sweden. Raybould was the 2004 Yale
captain. Brian Roberts '04 spent three years playing for the
Wizards and served as a Youth Soccer Account Executive for the
club. Roberts became the first Yale player to start an MLS game
when he played 79 minutes against Real Salt Lake in July of 2005.
Brian Lavin '01, a three-time first team All-Ivy selection, was
picked by the Wizards in the fifth round of the MLS SuperDraft in
2002. Jay Alberts was chosen in the fourth round of 2004 draft by
the Wizards and spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons with the A-League
Minnesota Thunder. He also played with the Vancouver Whitecaps of
the A-League. Matt Schmidt '01 played with Alberts with the Thunder
and also was a member of the Milwaukee Wave of the Major Indoor
Soccer League, earning All-Star recognition in 2006. In addition,
Jac Gould earned Ivy League Player of the Year honors under
Tompkins' tutelage in 1998, and Alberts was named the league's
Rookie of the Year in 1999.

In addition to his duties at Yale, Tompkins serves as the head
coach of the Region 1 Under-15 ODP age group. In December of 2013,
he guided the team to the U15 ODP Interregional Tournament
title. Tompkins also has had a hand at the professional
level, coaching at the adidas MLS Player Combine.

Tompkins' success at Yale shouldn't come as a surprise. Prior to
arriving in New Haven he built the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee into a national soccer power. In seven seasons
at UWM he compiled an overall record of 90-41-11, including six
winning seasons. He led the Panthers to an NCAA Tournament
appearance (1990), a Mid-Continent Conference title (1993) and a
Big Central Soccer Conference crown (1990). His teams were ranked
in the top 25 in four of his last six years. Tompkins was inducted
into the UWM Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1995 he was
presented with a Meritorious Service Award from the Wisconsin
Soccer Association Hall of Fame and a Special Achievement Award
from the UWM Athletic Hall of Fame.

A native of London, England, Tompkins first came to the United
States in 1980 as a part of a summer exchange program working with
inner-city children. He returned for the next few summers and
eventually became an assistant boys' soccer coach at Homestead High
School in Mequon, Wis., under former U.S. national coach Bob
Gansler. He joined Gansler at UWM as a volunteer assistant coach in
1985 and was named UWM's women's coach in 1987. His 1988 women's
team earned the school's first national ranking with a 10-7-0
overall record. In 1989 Tompkins succeeded Gansler as men's head
coach.

Tompkins' interest in soccer has extended to the club level as
well. He was the head coach of the Bavarian Soccer Club's first
team and led the squad to the finals of the National Open
Championship in 1994. In addition, he has coached many youth teams
for the Bavarians and was a Wisconsin Olympic Development Select
Team coach for the 1986 and 1987 boys' teams and the 1988 girls'
team. He also was a member of the Midwest ODP staff and was
director of the Panther Soccer Camps as well as working on the
Olympic Development Region I staff.

Tompkins, a 1979 graduate of Bingley College in England with a
degree in education, has been active in numerous charitable
organizations. He organized and ran a soccer/reading camp for
underprivileged children, volunteered for the Midwest Athletes
Against Childhood Cancer Fund and, along with players, worked at
Camp Heartland, a camp for children suffering from AIDS in
Wisconsin.

Tompkins and his wife, Kristin, reside in Milford and have one
child, Ava. Tompkins also has an older daughter, Hayley.